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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cumas Dátheangach na nOifigeach Ardbhainistíochta sa Státseirbhís: Plé (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tuigim é sin ach b'fhéidir gur cheart cuireadh isteach a thabhairt d'ionadaithe ón Roinn turasóireachta le míniú cén fáth gurb iad siúd a leag amach riachtanais-----

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cumas Dátheangach na nOifigeach Ardbhainistíochta sa Státseirbhís: Plé (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An dá ghrúpa.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It says here the commencement will be whenever the Minister makes an order. In general, I do not like commencement dates that do not put some finite limit on the commencement because things can be left hanging around for a while. Would the Minister consider for Report Stage wording that Part 2 should come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint,...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Are we talking about a month or two or what?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know. My only concern here is what happens if the Bill is passed and three months later the Minister is finding it hard to get the regulation out of the Department. To have an outer limit, in other words to say whatever day the Minister decides up to say, three or six months or whatever, will concentrate the mind on getting the regulations on her desk. That is what I am considering. The...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What about Part 3?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Okay. I will hold the Minister to that.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To be clear, if I get a stamp 4 visa, through being designated a refugee or granted compassionate permission to remain or subsidiary protection and I am still in direct provision accommodation, will I still be on the €38 rate?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister said that for welfare purposes, Ukrainians are treated in a similar way to EU citizens. There is one difference. There is no habitual residency condition, HRC, involved.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That was waived completely.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: People talk about planning but I think the extraordinary thing if we look at this is if somebody had said in early 2022 that we would accommodate 70,000 and put a roof over their head, they would be told it would take a ten-year plan. There was no time and it was largely achieved. We should be fair and recognise that. I do not have the figures in front of me so am not sure how many...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There was a free travel question.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Where I live in Connemara, a huge number of them travel into Galway from places quite distant, taking Citylink and Bus Éireann buses and so on to hunt for employment and so on. If you do that five days per week and buy lunch out of €38, there are not many places that give a lunch for €6. That does not count the bus fare. The Minister rightly says it is the other...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare and Civil Law (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We always have to think about things from a policy point of view, and be thinking ahead, but there is no point in working the detail until we are much closer to the date because things can change either for the better or rapidly the other way. We saw how during Covid, for example, restrictions suddenly fizzled out. I presume, however, that those who are working in the economy will not be...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cumas Dátheangach na nOifigeach Ardbhainistíochta sa Státseirbhís: Plé (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ar cuireadh meamram oifigiúil faoina bráid ag leagan na riachtanais amach?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Cumas Dátheangach na nOifigeach Ardbhainistíochta sa Státseirbhís: Plé (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tuigim the range of skills. Is é sin pointe eile. Ar ndóigh, caithfear na cáilíochtaí ar fad a bheith ag an duine seo. Is féidir liosta mór a thabhairt dom de na réimsí scileanna ach cén fáth nach mbeadh sé riachtanach go mbeadh i measc na réimse scileanna sin cumas oibre trí Ghaeilge?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The witnesses have great patience listening to this. I missed part of it because I was in another committee, so I hope I will not be repeating questions already asked. It is good to have Irish Rail officials back in to get an update. As my colleagues have said, it is mainly a good news story. On a technical issue, is it the NTA that decides on the projects that get done or is it the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Projects and Operations: Iarnród Éireann (24 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They are not. The NTA is a totally independent agency of government with its own board. The Department of Transport is answerable to the people through the Minister who is the sole corporation there. I want to know who gets to decide in reality where the money goes. Is it the NTA or the Government?